M.I.A.'s Agitprop Pop

On the Grammy Awards in 2009, Maya Arulpragasam , also known as M.I.A., performed her biggest hit, "Paper Planes," a rap song that infuses rebellious, defiant lyrics with the sounds of her native Sri Lanka, a riff lifted from the Clash , the bang-bang of a gun and the ka-ching of a cash register.

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